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11 You told me to say
that idols did not create
    the heavens and the earth,
and that you, the Lord,
    will destroy every idol.

12 With your wisdom and power
you created the earth
    and spread out the heavens.
13 The waters in the heavens roar
    at your command.
You make clouds appear—
you send the winds
    from your storehouse
and make lightning flash
    in the rain.

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11 “Tell them this: ‘These gods, who did not make the heavens and the earth, will perish(A) from the earth and from under the heavens.’”[a]

12 But God made(B) the earth(C) by his power;
    he founded the world by his wisdom(D)
    and stretched out the heavens(E) by his understanding.
13 When he thunders,(F) the waters in the heavens roar;
    he makes clouds rise from the ends of the earth.
He sends lightning(G) with the rain(H)
    and brings out the wind from his storehouses.(I)

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 10:11 The text of this verse is in Aramaic.